From: Exit Staff
Corruption Court Tries 5.8% of Filed Cases in 2020

The Special Court of First Instance for Corruption and Organized Crime has published its balance sheet for 2020.

During this year the Court has reviewed 1871 cases out of 2073 that have been filed.

110 defendants for organized crime and corruption have been prosecuted, just 5.88% out of those reviewed or 5.31% of the total filed. The court did not report how many of those resulted in a conviction.

For 11 organized crime cases, the Special Appeal has made a final decision.

Regarding the measures against the property of the subjects, the Special Court announces that 2 requests for confiscation have been reviewed according to the anti-mafia law and 11 according to the OFL law.

 “115 requests for sequestration of property have been reviewed and received according to Normative Act no. 1 dated 31.01.2020. 6 requests for personal preventive measures were reviewed and received according to the Normative Act. 11 requests for confiscation have been completed according to Normative Act no. 1 dated 31.1.2020 dealing with 11 movable and immovable properties. 49 requests for confiscation of property are under consideration “